GALE, Lawrence Colvig

Published 4:00 am, Sunday, July 3, 2005

GALE, Lawrence Colvig - 1933 - 2005, In South San Francisco Kaiser Hospital on June 7, from long-term complications of type II diabetes at age 71 years. Lawrence was preceded in death by his father, Winsor Colvig Gale and his mother, Katherine Mabele Ing. He is survived by his brother, Richard Gale, and his half-brother, John Bading. Lawrence began his higher education at City College of San Francisco, then completed two years of Army service in Germany, receiving an Honorable Discharge, before returning to school under the G.I. Bill at San Jose State University, in their civil engineering program. He subsequently worked for what is now Cal-Trans as a highway surveyor, highway engineer and finally, in Highway Division program management, retiring after 33 years in this professional area. He was an avid and gifted photographer, specializing in nature photography, an avocation he began during his Army service in Germany (1954-1956), where he purchased his first 35mm camera. He spent his retirement years in developing his skills in the practice of photography to professional levels; it is regrettable that he never chose to display his work publicly. He will be remembered as a loyal brother and friend. Services will be private, for his immediate family only. Those friends and associates wishing to honor his memory could best do so by making a tax-deductible contribution in his name to the American Diabetes Association, Post Office Box 1131, Fairfax VA 22038-1311